Monday, October 31, 2005

not a woman scorned...

No doubt that Harriet Miers is way too classy to carry a grudge against her boss for putting her into an untenable position, and no one who looks that quintessentially grandmotherly could be capable of patiently waiting for an opportunity for a bit of vengeful backstabbing. But invaluable as she may be to him in her white house lawyering, were I W, I would think long and hard about dealing with her as the Reagans' did with their less photogenic dog--shipping her off to a family estate with a lifetime's supply of Eukaneba or Beluga to live in a less observable and more private fashion.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

dressing like a professional

Kiran Chetry's really cute, both pregnant and not, and very competant at any time of day, and I have no problems with expectant mommies being proud of their status. But there is only one profession in which showing bare midriff at 6am is acceptable and it is a much older one than that of TV journalism. Cover up babe.

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Thursday, October 20, 2005

more food for the wolves?

Some of my gazillion readers may have noticed that I've been tweaking my blog. I'm not done with it yet, partly because the 2 side borders make me think of that quilted toilet paper every time I see them.

I'm not specially bothered by Michael Brown (former head of the misbegotten FEMA) being designated the fall guy in the Katrina mess. I'm old enough to have had to both be the wolf food and to have forced others to throw themselves to the ravenous pack at various times. On occasion it's just a job somebody has to do--sometimes you get a worthwhile payback, more often not. I watched Michael Chertoff's statements about the fed's difficulties in dealing with Katrina's fallout yesterday, and thought that he failed to acquit himself gracefully, even with the designated sword faller firmly in place. Don't get me wrong, I'm a loyal party line toe-er, and am loathe to criticize the home team. But ever since it was decided that Michael Brown would be the scapegoat for everything that went wrong during Katrina (except of course, its forming and striking our turf in the first place--everybody knows W did that) a defensive script has been adopted and repeated and MB's name gets inserted in all the blanks. There's a famous latin phrase "Ars est celare artem" meaning "it is art to conceal art". I need to brush up my latin enough to turn that into "it is strategic to conceal strategy", and send it to Chertoff's p.r. person. If this ploy had worked well, we would be saying "Michael Who?" by now.

And I'm not offering a prediction here, but I'm just wondering if it may have been decided that the wolves would prefer Scooter over Karl (I had never heard I. Lewis Libby, VP Cheney's chief of staff, called "Scooter" until a week or so ago when a fellow blogger kindly explained who "Scooter" is to me). Yeah, it's a stretch to get that out of this text, but it's what I might do were I in that sort of predicament.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

maybe republicans have already found the wellbutrin

Brit Hume reported last night that the creator of the TV show "Commander in Chief" plans to congratulate himself if Hillary is nominated for president, and 2 Clinton staffers are serving the show in some capacity, one of whom supposedly sees Hillary socially on a regular basis (from the hot off the press Time Mag).

This sort of "campaigning," of which the show's viewer's are largely unaware, to me has more than a whiff of something not quite ethical about it, but wouldn't the dems be making a lot more noise were the situation reversed? I distinctly remember the GOP graciously giving ABC a pass on that incredible memo sent to reporters telling them to (loosely paraphrasing--go read it yourself) "even things up; Bush should be held to a higher level of truth telling than John Kerry".

Perhaps we're just nicer people and have our meds well adjusted.

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--------------------------------------- dahling, when the lexapro isn't quite enough...

try the Wellbutrin.

Cindy "won't this woman just go away" Sheehan has come out swinging at Hillary. You simply must read her latest public thoughts http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172663,00.html and how some others are reacting to them. Find out exactly what Hillary and Rush Limbaugh have in common.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

fnc bloggers II: hunting harrigan

Still checking out all of the FNC blogs, so you can go straight to the ones best for you.

Blog 2: Harrigan on the Hunt
Steve Harrigan is an intrepid mid-east correspondent who seems to love being in the thick of the action and involved in dangerous reporting missions. Not one of the overtly handsome boy toy reporters, he seems oblivious to his all-american good looks, and is unafraid to appear on camera looking like he's been sweatily crawling through sand. He's currently reporting from Baghdad, Iraq and his descriptions of the terrifying things that happen around him read like poetry--the man is distinctly gifted with language skills.

This blog is great in the sense that it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do; it gives us a little taste (mostly free from Harrigan's interpretation and with little attempt to place in context) of what his life is like as a reporter. The beautiful writing style is just icing.

I recommend this blog highly. Check it out for a sample of what it's like to try to run your seven daily laps while getting caught up in crossfire, and visit its frequently changing photo gallery. Feel free to leave a comment for him too. Then check out his bio . The man has a list of journalism awards as long as my arm and a PhD in comparative literature to boot. And is fluent in Russian. Hey Steve, any more like you at home?

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Monday, October 17, 2005

the inscrutable rush limbaugh

Why does Rush Limbaugh sound like a parody of all overstuffed conservatives when he speaks, but sound like a brilliant social observer when he writes?

I take issue with a few minor points here (and will if I have time later after cramming all breakables into the dining and living rooms to prep for painters and working on my other blog), but it's so well written and so reflective of the classic conservative positions over the past 50 years that I want to stand up and cheer.

Read this and catch him being interviewed on FNC 's Hannity and Colmes on Tues 9p ET.

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Friday, October 14, 2005

don't make W throw you to the wolves!

Harriet Miers. Yeah you. This nomination is going badly in the sense that conservatives of many stripes are uncomfortable both with your background and with the peculiar defenses offered in your favor. Focus on the Family's Dobson's endorsement of you on the basis of some mysterious insider info makes me think more than twice, W's offering up your good standing in an evangelical church as an asset doesn't reassure me a bit and the leaking papers that indicate that you considered (several years ago to be fair) The Federalist Society, but not the NAACP to be a politically charged group sends shivers up and down my spine. No wonder Harry Reid welcomed you as a nominee--he could hear the conservatives imploding from a long way off!!

I think that it is time for you to take one on the chin for the team. We who love W all know that he is loyal to a fault and that he doesn't like to admit mistakes, and many of us think you'd do just fine as one of the supremes in spite of your non-traditional background. But your nomination, fairly or not, is causing small fires to erupt all over the conservative map, and W doesn't currently have the resources to keep chasing around after all of them. Think it over. Read Peggy Noonan's terrific piece on why you should throw yourself on the sword for the greater good. You'll still have a top-notch legal career, you can write a best seller about your experiences with W and you can play the martyr to the end of your days.

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--------------------------------------- fnc bloggers I: the blogs do count

Several of the Fox personalities have taken on the joy and responsibility of maintaining blogs in the wake of blogging's popularity. Joy, because it's great fun (and good practice for turning out that definitively great American novel someday) to write one's thoughts with at least the hope that someone else is interested in them, and responsibility because once started a blog needs regular infusions of ideas, creativity and effort to maintain this illusion/delusion that others are enjoying it.

Some of these FNC blogs are mere placeholders, keeping time till that news person gets around to writing something (or more likely just making that person's name visible in yet a new space) and are worth little aside from being a decent source of links--I'm thinking of Sean Hannity's and Alan Colmes' here. Some contain well-written think pieces that seem to be an attempt on the newsperson's part to connect with watchers on a new level. One or two aren't quite sure what they want to be yet (that's OK, because mine's not certain of its identity yet either).

Blog 1: Friends Insider
I'd ignored this one because aside from checking the news headlines at the half hour marks, I usually ignore Fox & Friends. Turns out that Brian "please buy my book" Kilmeade, the quiet friend, writes this one, and aside from the fact that it usually/always ends with a plug for his book (which has only sold a gazillion copies already), it's not half bad. Although he sort of assumes the intellectual lightweight role on the show, he thinks quickly and has an offbeat and self-deprecating sense of humor. He writes tolerably well, punctuates and spells erratically only sometimes (I'm thinking that he has a very good editor for his books), and occasionally provides interesting behind the scenes anecdotes about the "friends". Did you know (or care) that E.D.Hill has a book coming out in the near future? Me neither!--but she apparently does. That Brian K is messy? Carries an overstuffed wallet? Has a "purse", otherwise known as a "man-bag"? Did you by any chance know that he'd written a book? That it's for sale?

More blog analyses soon.

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Thursday, October 13, 2005

oprah as antichrist

I grew up in a very conservative evangelical type Baptist church, so don't think I don't know this particular strain of "end times" speculation. It goes something like this: in the last days, a great and seemingly compassionate and benign but very powerful world leader will arise. His/her actions will be cloaked with a familiar biblical style of spiritual language that will point us to the one (his/her) righteous and true way of living, and her/his programs and initiatives will benefit a great many people. Almost all of us will be sucked into worshipfully following this person-- except of course those few evangelicals who know better, and maybe even some of them--although they of course will come to their senses before receiving the mark of the beast. (I picture this as a giant gothic script "O" delivered with a sharpie inked rubber stamp to the forehead center in your choice of color).

Pat Robertson and other serious scholars (ahem) say that the recent rash of bad weather indicates that we are living in the end times, the times in which we are looking for the antichrist, and who fits the above description better than Oprah? (I'm proud to say that I had her pegged as A-C from early on--my best friends and mom will back me up on this.) She's spent years building up a power base of those largely disenfranchised and proscribed from being members of the ruling class (women and unemployed men), and she's convinced most of them that they can find a "higher power" deep within themselves that can be used to fix their own most troublesome problems, and their families' too. No doubt we all can learn to tap into vast inner resources of strength and perception that we usually ignore, but hers is definitely not an orthodox theology in any of the mainline faith traditions and I am always surprised when religious leaders embrace her. Beware when the repressed middle class mommies rise to do their leader's bidding, and don't say I didn't warn you.

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--------------------------------------- what m&j share with oprah

When I was much younger and less politically interested, my daily, afternoon long background noise was ABC. As I would study, practice, write, clean house, etc, ABC would run on and on. This was back when stay at homes still watched soaps, and I always knew what was happening on All My Kids, General Hospital, Port Charles and One Life to Live-- I was the catch-up goddess to my soap watching friends. But my style was never to sit and watch the serials, and I'd often end up taking a bath during the last one--a nice soaky tub of bubbles, what could be better after a hard day? But there was one sound emanating from the TV that could always drag me out of a daydream reverie and send me leaping double time from that delicious hot water. What could that have been? Why, it was the voice of Oprah, who came on in the late afternoon post-GH, and I would have cheerfully listened to the audio of boxing or bad rap music before I would abide Oprah.

My schedule has changed since then; I don't get to bathe in the late afternoon, haven't seen a soap since 9/11 and my current write, study, clean background noise is always FNC. But there is still one sound that can pull me out of deepest theological reflection, knotty musicolgocial problem or toughest baked-on grime. It's that of the incessant giggling of Daytime Live's Mike and Juliet, a noise guaranteed to hurt one's teeth.

Now I want a nice hot bath, and it's still morning. Is it safe to get back in the water?

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

"courage"

I love it when newspeople take a phrase and make it their own: According to the new movie, Edward R Murrow closed with "Good Night, and Good Luck", Ted Baxter signed off with "Good Night and Good News" and Dan Rather indulged in all sorts of odd fare-thee-wells over his long career. Shep starts Studio B with "the news begins anew", Paige Hopkins has a signature inflection to her greeting "Hel--lo everybody" and one can't hear the word "bloviating" without thinking of Bill O'Reilly (of course, no one much uses that word aside from Bill). Another patentable phrase of Bill's is "what say you sir?", and perhaps he should have patented it, because I heard Shep use this line yesterday and it sounded wrong, wrong, wrong. Mimicry may be a sincere form of flattery, but probably can't be used subtly on a million listeners.

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--------------------------------------- the lovely but unsung Lauren Greene

One of the best newsies on FNC, as well as one of the most drop-dead gorgeous women, has to be Lauren Green. She's the regular news chick on Fox & Friends, but deserves a more prominent position, though it looks like management has Kiran Chetry pegged as the morning star-in- waiting. A few months ago I thought management was sort of auditioning both Lauren and Kiran for future morning slots, and think that Kiran won (although I wonder if her pregnancy will pose a problem for her career trajectory. I've been noticing her thickening middle for several months, but first heard her fess up to a bun in the oven last week).

Lauren is always serious about reading the news, and her business-like demeanor provides a contrast to the [often] annoying hilarity of the morning crew. She sometimes comes across as aloof; not a bad thing, I don't need for all of the FNC peeps to feel like my best friends. I'd lay money that Lauren was always the smartest and prettiest kid in her school, and that while she wasn't the most popular kid, she wasn't treated as an outcast. Bet also that she wasn't condescending and that she was willing to help others with their homework, that all the boys adored her becaue she was so lovely, and that the girls couldn't afford to snub her because of same. I really was amused last week at the rumors floating around blogland about how one of the FNC newsguys (charitably nameless here) tried to "pimp" her to Condi Rice. I realize that I'm not a guy, but it had never ever entered my mind that either either of them might be lesbians. (Also loved the hot hot hot rumor about Daran Kagan and Rush Limbaugh, but I'll leave that one for CNNers.)

I am not promoting Lauren because she is black, but because she is terrific at her job. I'm anything but a quota queen or an affirmative action babe, but I believe that diversity (no, I'm not a liberal dem either) in anything is a positive force for growth. Look at the major on-air players at FNC: Shep, O'Reilly, Brit Hume, Sean Hannity, Megyn Kendall, Greta, Neil Cavuto. All white bread, plain vanilla, youngish to young-middle-aged people, nothing there to challenge our idea of who the US is. I do think that those ahead in any field do well to lead the pack in promoting others who don't fit as easily into our notions of who we are, and ratings wise, FNC is certainly leading the pack. The sooner we voluntarily make equal room for all qualified at the "grown-up" table, the sooner wacky white guys can stop doing things like trying to become part of the Black Caucus, because groups like the Black Caucus can afford to disband.

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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

a vast, left-wing conspiracy...

...or just bad driving? I've been a good, safe and lucky driver for quite a few years, but since I've started blogging I've been on the receiving end (as of this afternoon) of 2 speeding tix. Coincidence? Or VL-WC? Hey, until that blue dress turned up it was working for Bill.

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--------------------------------------- Kim Hume explains it all--

all about why republicans and democrats alike don't grok Tom Delay, and more insightfully than I can. Read it, and let me know what you think.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171136,00.html

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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Deadly Hurricane!!!...Oh, never mind - it's not us.

The non-stop advance media coverage of Hurricane Rita's approach and landfall was demonstrative of our sensitivity to the sensational after Katrina. So how come when yet another major hurricane peels out of the Atlantic, killing (at the time of this writing) at least 59 people, I have to look to SABC News in South Africa to find out what's going on with Hurricane Stan? 34 dead in El Salvador alone, yet barely a footnote in U.S. media coverage. So why, after our recent hysteria over the recent hurricane disasters in the gulf coast?

Oh, yes, I forgot. They're not wealthy white or poor black Americans. It somehow seems less important when Latin Americans die, doesn't it?

Renaldo's crawling back into his hole....

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--------------------------------------- Listen up W!

Straighten up, and don't whine. Never apologize and never explain. Eat your broccoli, and take an umbrella when it looks like rain. And never be defensive; either in word or tone.

I'm listening to your Q&A with the press, and the words are OK, but there is definitely a defensive tone to your voice as you answer questions about Ms Miers and Katrina. If anyone has a reason to feel "piled on" and in need of defending, it's you, what with those nasty storms, resigning/dying supremes, bad poll numbers, that pesky bird flu being talked about over water coolers everywhere, unwieldy Iraqis and the legal problems of colleagues. But you can't afford to show it. You asked for this job (begged and demanded, if truth be told), and 'dad' could have told you it wouldn't be easy. You have to continue to look sure and confident and determined, in spite of how beaten you feel. That means watching your body language and tone of voice, as well as your words.

Things will get better. A FNC commentator put it like this on one of the financial shows last Saturday. "People have short memories. In a couple of months they'll have forgotten that our president caused 2 major hurricanes." That'll apply to the flu and those inconvenient colleagues too, but only if you look like you know best.

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--------------------------------------- parallel worlds

To the purpose of staying fair-minded and well informed, I read an issue of the NYTimes for each WSJournal I lap up. For every staunch republican ally with whom I swill martinis, I try to cultivate a lefty, die-hard democrat pal with whom I can down a MillerLite. To remember that the whole world is not populated by peeps like John Gibson and Bill O'Reilly, I make a concerted effort to catch a few hours of CNN every day. In the interest of not becoming one of those "my country right or wrong, love it or leave it", super-patriot conservative republicans, I spend more time reading anti-bush, liberal leaning blogs than I do reading Michelle Malkin.

I've recently started regularly checking out a newly begun blog (interest piqued because his blog template looked like mine), a distinct lefty (you know you are Mike), albeit a thinking and intelligent one. And have left a few not terribly provocative comments in the hopes of bringing him into the light because he seems more misguided than malicious. The problem? He wants to have an honest, reasoned political dialogue, a converation if you will, where one side might actually have some hope of showing the other the error of their ways. The first problem is that as basically a political lightweight, I will doze off at any discussion that goes deeper than "W good--Hillary bad". The bigger snag is that (and I know this because of those MillerLites I've downed with my socialist friends), there really is no hope of convincing a person of the opposite persuasion of anything that is part of our particular political agenda. We all have the same set of people, issues and circumstances to observe, but we see parallel worlds: even though he's had Lasik surgery, Mike sees dangerous radicals where I see astute, Machiavellian (I don't mean this negatively), well intentioned and compassionately conservative political princes. He sees the Bush tax cuts as governmentally sanctioned handouts to the wealthy, where I see these tax cuts as monies safeguarded to those who will make the best use of them for the good of the economy. Etc.

I'll keep reading Mike's blog because I find it challenging and very well written; I might keep posting tentative comments. But like with my best dem friend, we'll probably touch a toe into the murky waters of political debate and retreat back to safe and easily resolved topics like empirical dialecticism, liturgical theory, medieval rhythmic modes and make-up.

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--------------------------------------- how to become a lesbian in a day or less!

Apparently all one need do is be nominated for the supreme court while being unmarried. Harriet Miers, looking quite feminine, to the point of wearing too much jewelry and eye makeup, was officially nominated to this position at 8am yesterday, but was having her sexual preferences questioned at a popular blog, http://blogsquatters.blogspot.com/, by 12:37 am. There is no evidence shown regarding Ms Miers flavor of sexuality (beyond an unnatural preoccupation with what others are doing behind closed doors), although said blogger accuses Ms Miers of dating (wait for it, guys!) ta da--a male Texas Supreme Court Judge. Of course, this dating is suggestive of bearding for this aforementioned blogger, who seems to be unaware that some people just don't get married for reasons other than homosexuality.

Wouldn't it be a hoot if Ms Miers turned out to be gay, and W was totally uninterested and continued his backing and support of her for the proposed position?

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ignorance!"

A current fad in the 24 hour news industry seems to be that of encouraging viewers to repond to surveys and questions on which they could not possibly have an intelligent or informed opinion. My usual practice upon hearing these has been to shake my head, roll my eyes and sigh loudly, but my patience with this trend was finally exhausted on Sunday when my favorite newsguy posed an egregiously useless question to viewers, asking them to respond by email with their thoughts on whether Tom Delay is quilty as charged or has been relentlessly pursued by a vengeful prosecutor (hope I've paraphrased this fairly--don't want to make my un-named newsguy look worse that he intended).

Unfortunately for said newsguy, Greta van Susteren, who often poses questions this lame, doen't seem to have one on FNC's website today of which I can make an example. And the 6am (ET) CNN hour which often requests feedback on issues on which we have no way of showing sense today asked the rather sane (though ineffably uninteresting) question of "what did we learn from the OJSimpson trial?"

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Monday, October 03, 2005

first take new future supreme

As someone who considers herself a lie-abed and a sloth if she snoozes till 5am, how could I not love a pres who's up, about, dressed for serious business and making weighty proclamations at 8am? God bless W and his healthy lifestyle habits!

Harriet Miers, listen up. Good introductory statement, nice speaking manner; you're a good looking woman in general. Lose the dark under-eye liner, it's aging to you, and do something with those bangs, they're practically a solid. And I can live with it, but a royal blue suit screams "woman of a certain age", so make sure that's what you want to scream.

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--------------------------------------- in memoriam

As of today, Monday, October 3, 2005, the Detroit Free Press no longer exists as an adult sized newspaper. I knew this day was coming; as many as 6 months ago, its publishers were touting the convenient, handy-dandy smaller size (oh, no--there were no expense considerations involved, this change was strictly for their dear readers' comfort!). And those good folks at the top levels of the "Freep" management have done their utmost to make it easy for us to adjust: every few weeks, yet another section has shrunk (leading to a really messy recycling stack and confused feeling arms); as of today, it has all become a child's size newspaper.

The trend toward smaller newspapers has completely thrown my morning's kinesthetic experiences to hell--The Philadelphia "Inky" did this shrinkage for the convenience of their readers while I lived in that fair city(when we're being thus inundated with comfort and convenience by the Gannett and Tribune Companies, why is no one reading newspapers anymore?), so I'm already in the acceptance stage of the grieving process. Discombobulating to first read the WSJournal (large pages), then the NYTimes (medium pages), then the Freep (now kiddie pages throughout).

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Saturday, October 01, 2005

fox'd/pox'd

Pox'd

Got up early this morning feeling optimistic about seeing the Saturday Fox and Friends team (missed last week), because I knew that Juliet and Mike (currently of Dayside) wouldn't be there. I don't know if this is permanent casting or if various combos of people are being tested together, but I wouldn't at this point call the trio of Gretchen Carlson, Julian Phillips and Dari Alexander the best that can be done, though indubitably they could only improve. I liked Dari the best. She's very cute, kind of a dark Renee Zellweger type, and seemed to be attempting to liven up the show. Julian has always seemed a bit of a lightweight to me, and rarely has much to contribute--no different today. I can see that management likes her, but I'm just not warming up to Gretchen. I don't like her looks (yes I know she was a Miss America), and she seems lacking in any sort of charisma or magnetism. But just as I went to the kitchen for a 2nd cup of coffee thinking "Oh well, at least Juliet's not on", Juliet either called in to tell everyone that it was her birthday or the morning crew called to tell her Happy Birthday. Nonetheless, we got a solid (felt like, anyway) five minutes of Juliet, like it or not.

Here's my weekend morning dream team, On the left, Lauren Green--gorgeous, subtle sense of humor, fellow classically trained musician, she can be the force of law and order. Middle, Brian Wilson, funny, smart, can think fast on his Luccheses. On the right, let's try Julie Banderas or Rebecca Gomez. They'd be unknown quantities at this job, but I'd be happy to give either one a chance. A smart, witty, ethnically diverse team, I'd love Sat mornings with this bunch. Brian could hardly object to getting up early in the morning to be surrounded by such pulchritude. (Note to Lauren, see about getting your web site photo replaced, dear--you look frightening here.)

Fox'd

Catherine Herridge's career appears to be on the fast track. We see lots of her lately, and today she filled in for Tony Snow (I hope he's not unwell again). I like her no-nonsense, not smiling businesslike style, and her classic good looks. Although lose that pale blue turtleneck with the downmarket looking blazer before next time Kath--sorta butch looking. When I first started noticing her, I thought that FNC was trying for a Maria Bartiromo antidote, visually at least, but Katherine has her own style.

Alicia Acuna and Rick Leventhal are looking especially fetching this week after having seen them dripping with hurricane rains for the past few weeks. Ace reporting! You both cleaned up real good! No names here, but props to all blond reporters who rushed in from the storms to get their roots touched up.

The MSN newsgroup, Fox News Channel Central is a fun place for a FNC fan to check out, and I'm paying tribute to the women there this week. No one could possibly deny the eye candy factor of a Shep Smith or a Bill Hemmer, but the FNChannelCentral babes are just as likely to admire the work, personality and looks of the less conventionally gorgeous male reporters and anchors as they are the obvious hunks. There are even a few who think kind things about Jim Angle (GRRR, but grinning). You can enter the site to read messages without being a member, but sign up to get approval if you want to participate.

I'm going to have to start noticing if the males of the group like the over 40, maybe slightly plump or balding FNC babes as well as they like Paige Hopkins and Martha MacCallum--Oh wait a sec--there aren't any over 40 plump news chicks on FNC are there? Rita Cosby's gone. Meeeeooww! (Couldn't help myself --sorry Rita.)

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